McGwire finally admits steroid use

[Nacho]

McGwire robbed Sosa of so much glory

[ryno]

"I would just like to say that Mark McGwire is the man" --- Sammy Sosa


he's a goddamned moron, too.

[Stock]

I think McGwire was lying about steroids never being talked about in the locker room.  That would only lead to more questions about who talked about it so he lied.

Once again, people hate Canseco, but he's been proven right time after time

I pretty much agree with everything Canseco has said regarding steroids.
However, I do understand his reluctance to talk a lot more about what really happened.  Unlike Canseco he probably does not feel it is his place to out the entire league and ex-teammates, and even get his family involved in media vultures.  This way, he can get his issues out in the open, but he is not going to screw anyone over in the process.  Nothing wrong with that, IMO.
I did love when they interviewed Canseco and he ripped on Mac for crying like a baby.  That was just hillarious.  "There's no crying in baseball.  You know that, Mac."

I was a big fan of McGwire when he was with the Cardinals and I think he was/is a pretty good guy despite it all, but he is really fucking up this whole admission process.  Like people here have said, it is pretty ridiculous for him to claim that the steroids didn't help him hit home runs when by his own admission they help his body to heal, which keeps him on the field. 

I think that is exactly what Mac said.  He felt that steroids did not directly help him hit a home run.  However, he admits that steroids helped him stay on the field and extend his career.  I think most intelligent people can figure out what he is saying.  However, the tag line from ESPN will be, "Steroids did not help me hit a lot of home runs."

[Nacho]

I was a big fan of McGwire when he was with the Cardinals and I think he was/is a pretty good guy despite it all, but he is really fucking up this whole admission process.  Like people here have said, it is pretty ridiculous for him to claim that the steroids didn't help him hit home runs when by his own admission they help his body to heal, which keeps him on the field. 

I think that is exactly what Mac said.  He felt that steroids did not directly help him hit a home run.  However, he admits that steroids helped him stay on the field and extend his career.  I think most intelligent people can figure out what he is saying.  However, the tag line from ESPN will be, "Steroids did not help me hit a lot of home runs."

I understand that the implication is that they indirectly helped him hit home runs, but he isn't even being forthright about that.  He seems to be adamant that steroids didn't give him an advantage while suggesting implicitly that they did.  I think I'm more willing than other to give those who have admitted to using steroids the benefit of the doubt, but be honest about the fact that the numbers across baseball spiked quite a bit during that era, and it is unlikely that he'd have broken the record BY NINE HOME RUNS without the benefits of steroids, whether direct or indirect.

[JoeDirt]

He's drawing a fine line...Mac is saying that steroids didn't help him with the hand-eye coordination that it takes to hit a baseball.  And he's right.   But what he's obviously leaving out is, if you have said hand-eye coordination, then the balls that you do hit can be hit harder because you're much stronger from steroids.

[bonny]

Jose butchered his interview on MLB Network tuesday night.  He is so stupid.

[Nacho]

But what he's obviously leaving out is, if you have said hand-eye coordination, then the balls that you do hit can be hit harder because you're much stronger from steroids.

But he didn't take them for the strength aspect!

[JoeDirt]

My point exactly.  He leaves that part out and just says that it helped him get on the field--not with his God given ability to hit a baseball.

[TempoGL]

Frank Fucking Thomas

[ryno]

if he really had faith in God, he would have prayed for healing


also, the greatness of Jose Canseco cannot be under appreciated here.  The guy is fkn great.